A Synthetic Conversational Smishing Dataset for Social Engineering Detection

Smishing SMS phishing has become a serious cybersecurity threat, especially for elderly and cyber-unaware individuals, causing financial loss and undermining user trust. Although prior work has focused on detecting smishing at the level of individual messages, real-world attackers often rely on...

Short Message Service (SMS) Phishing Attacks and Defenses: A Systematic Review

SMS Phishing also known as 'smishing' is a growing deceptive social engineering SE attack that leverages mobile SMS to conduct cybercrimes such as stealing sensitive information or spreading malware by tricking users into interacting with attackers' messages e.g., responding to or clicking URLs...

Gravity Falls: A Comparative Analysis of Domain-Generation Algorithm (DGA) Detection Methods for Mobile Device Spearphishing

Mobile devices are frequent targets of eCrime threat actors through SMS spearphishing smishing links that leverage Domain Generation Algorithms DGA to rotate hostile infrastructure. Despite this, DGA research and evaluation largely emphasize malware C2 and email phishing datasets, leaving limited...

AT&T breach data resurfaces with new risks for customers

When data resurfaces, it never comes back weaker. A newly shared dataset tied to AT&T shows just how much more dangerous an “old” breach can become once criminals have enough of the right details to work with. The dataset, privately circulated since February 2, 2026, is described as AT&T customer...

What Are Brands Telling You about Smishing? A Cross-Industry Evaluation of Customer Guidance

Phishing attacks through text, also known as smishing, are a prevalent type of social engineering tactic in which attackers impersonate brands to deceive victims into providing personal information and/or money. While smishing awareness and cyber education are a key method by which organizations...

Kimsuky Spreads DocSwap Android Malware via QR Phishing Posing as Delivery App

The North Korean threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a new campaign that distributes a new variant of Android malware called DocSwap via QR codes hosted on phishing sites mimicking Seoul-based logistics firm CJ Logistics formerly CJ Korea Express. "The threat actor leveraged QR codes...

Hackers Claim Stealing 94GB of Pornhub Premium User Watch Histories

Cybercriminal group ShinyHunters targets former Pornhub Premium users in a massive 94GB data extortion campaign. Learn about the stolen data details, the involvement of a smishing attack, and the conflicting reports on the breach...

Frogblight threatens you with a court case: a new Android banker targets Turkish users

In August 2025, we discovered a campaign targeting individuals in Turkey with a new Android banking Trojan we dubbed "Frogblight". Initially, the malware was disguised as an app for accessing court case files via an official government webpage. Later, more universal disguises appeared, such as th...

New Android malware lets criminals control your phone and drain your bank account

Albiriox is a new family of Android banking malware that gives attackers live remote control over infected phones, letting them quietly drain bank and crypto accounts during real sessions. Researchers have analyzed a new Android malware family called Albiriox which is showing signs of developing...

Google Sues to Disrupt Chinese SMS Phishing Triad

Google is suing more than two dozen unnamed individuals allegedly involved in peddling a popular China-based mobile phishing service that helps scammers impersonate hundreds of trusted brands, blast out text message lures, and convert phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and...

1 million victims, 17,500 fake sites: Google takes on toll-fee scammers

A Phishing-as-a-Service PhaaS platform based in China, known as “Lighthouse,” is the subject of a new Google lawsuit. Lighthouse enables smishing SMS phishing campaigns, and if you’re in the US there is a good chance you've seen their texts about a small amount you supposedly owe in toll fees...

Google Sues China-Based Hackers Behind $1 Billion Lighthouse Phishing Platform

Google has filed a civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York SDNY against China-based hackers who are behind a massive Phishing-as-a-Service PhaaS platform called Lighthouse that has ensnared over 1 million users across 120 countries. The PhaaS kit is used to...

Smishing Triad Linked to 194,000 Malicious Domains in Global Phishing Operation

The threat actors behind a large-scale, ongoing smishing campaign have been attributed to more than 194,000 malicious domains since January 1, 2024, targeting a broad range of services across the world, according to new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. "Although these domains are...

Arsen Launches Smishing Simulation to Help Companies Defend Against Mobile Phishing Threats

Paris, France, 24th October 2025, CyberNewsWire...

'Jingle Thief' Hackers Exploit Cloud Infrastructure to Steal Millions in Gift Cards

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a cybercriminal group called Jingle Thief that has been observed targeting cloud environments associated with organizations in the retail and consumer services sectors for gift card fraud. "Jingle Thief attackers use phishing and smishing to steal...

ThreatsDay Bulletin: $15B Crypto Bust, Satellite Spying, Billion-Dollar Smishing, Android RATs & More

The online world is changing fast. Every week, new scams, hacks, and tricks show how easy it's become to turn everyday technology into a weapon. Tools made to help us work, connect, and stay safe are now being used to steal, spy, and deceive. Hackers don't always break systems anymore — they use...

Police Bust Crypto Scammers, Nab Smishing SMS Blaster Operator

Thai police arrest SMS Blaster operator in smishing scam and bust crypto laundering gang moving $30M monthly through…...

New Android Malware Wave Hits Banking via NFC Relay Fraud, Call Hijacking, and Root Exploits

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new Android trojan called PhantomCard that abuses near-field communication NFC to conduct relay attacks for facilitating fraudulent transactions in attacks targeting banking customers in Brazil. "PhantomCard relays NFC data from a victim's banking card t...

Chinese Groups Stole 115 Million US Cards in 16-Month Smishing Campaign

A SecAlliance report reveals Chinese smishing syndicates compromised 115M US payment cards by bypassing MFA to exploit Apple Pay and Google Wallet...

New warning issued over toll fee scams

Over a year ago the FBI warned about what was then a new form of smishing phishing via SMS scam: text messages that demanded payment for toll fees. The FTC sent out a similar warning in January, 2025. Then, in April another wave of toll fee scams began doing the rounds. Now the Departments of Mot...